Posts filtered on Category

Category: CNN

Texas on the Potomac regularly shares political commentary from the print editions of Hearst Newspapers. Today, we offer you a column by Ruben Navarette Jr. that first appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California wants us to know that she is “not a sixth-grader.” Anyone who saw the recent exchange before …

Texas on the Potomac welcomes guest commentary from across the political spectrum. Today, we offer a guest blog by Democratic consultant Jason Stanford of Austin. Beyoncé Knowles has won 16 Grammy Awards, sold 88 million albums and has spent 36 weeks on top of the charts, but it wasn’t until the lights went out after …

Joe Scarborough called out the newly sworn-in senator, noting that as someone who has clerked for a Supreme Court justice, served as Solicitor General of Texas, and is the newest member of the Judiciary committee, he should have read District of Columbia v. Heller and know that gun control is not unconstitutional. …

“The demographic tides are going to influence Texas,” said Cindy Rugeley, a political science professor at Texas Tech University. “Either a Republican will step up and take the lead in making the party more attractive to Hispanic voters or Texas will return to a two-party state.” …

This year, social media has replaced pundits and spinners as the most important agenda setters in presidential campaign. A case in point was Romney’s clumsy comment that he relied “binders full of — of women” to fill jobs in his Massachusetts administ… …

The experts are unanimous: Mitt Romney was the better debater in Denver. But which candidate was the better truth-teller?

Texas on the Potomac analyzed the results of fact-checking web sites and came to this conclusion: Most of the fact-finders found that Obama was more factual, although some called the battle of the facts a tie.

Discussing Mitt Romney’s comment that 47 percent of Americans didn’t pay income taxes and were dependent upon government, Rick Perry said he is worried that the nation is moving toward “a majority of people in the country who are on subsistence.” …

“A more nuanced response by Romney would have done him better,” said Richard Stoll, a political science professor at Rice University who specializes in international conflict. “I don’t think he’s done anything disastrous, but if he’s trying to convince people that he’s a better candidate on foreign policy, he certainly hasn’t shown that.” …